Carolina Dorman
Special Counsel, Canberra
I am a corporate and commercial lawyer with over 10 years' experience assisting clients in the government and private sector to achieve their objectives. I have extensive experience providing strategic procurement, contracting and funding advice, particularly in the context of technology transformation projects and major complex procurement as well as advising on corporatisations, private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate matters. I have significant experience advising Commonwealth Government and private sector clients on major projects, restructures and a range of corporate law matters.

I take pride in being a trusted adviser to my clients, providing strategic and outcomes focussed advice. My clients engage me for my strong understanding of Australian Government and its legislative and policy environment and my pragmatic and solutions driven approach. My practice covers all aspects of procurement, contracting, funding and corporate and commercial law. This spans across advising on project strategy in the initial stages, preparing complex procurement and contractual documents and providing legal support during commercial negotiations to providing contract management advice post-execution.

My commercial practice extends to numerous private sector clients who I have assisted with corporate restructures and corporate law matters.
I am an active supporter of MinterEllison’s inclusion and diversity agendas, including actively supporting the progression of women and culturally diverse people in the legal profession.

Career highlights

  • I have acted for the Australian Government on numerous major projects, including procurements, funding arrangements and outsourcings. This has included a number of complex and sensitive technology transformation projects across a range of policy areas. Some of the projects I have acted on were unparalleled in their field at the time, in terms of size, value and complexity.
  • I have acted for the Australian Government on a range of corporatisation's and corporate governance matters.
  • I have acted for a broad range of private sector clients on a range of corporate restructures and corporate law matters.